Appendix:Hen Linge pronunciation
The Shiväisith language has 17 consonants, 8 vowels with two lengths and 2 glides.
Standard Romanization
| Letter | IPA | English example | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| a | a | father | |
| b | b | bath | |
| d | d | dog | |
| e | ɛ | bet | |
| ei | e | bait | |
| f | f | food | |
| g | ɡ | good | |
| h | h | ham | |
| i | i | beet | |
| k | k | skill | |
| l | l | left | |
| m | m | man | |
| n | n | no | Assimilates to a following velar consonant. |
| o | o | moat | |
| ö | ø | — | Like e pronounced with rounded lips. |
| p | p | span | |
| r | ɾ | Like the t in batte. | |
| s | s | see | |
| sh | ʃ | sheep | |
| t | t | stop | |
| th | θ | think | |
| u | u | rude | |
| v | v | voice | |
| w | w | wet | |
| y | j/ɨ | young/chicken. | Pronounced as a glide before a vowel; otherwise pronounced as a vowel. |
| z | z | zone |
Phonetics
Hen Linge has a front rounded vowel that shows up from time to time and a central unrounded vowel, but is otherwise fairly plain in terms of its phonology.
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | (n [ŋ]) | ||||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |||
| voiced | b | d | g | ||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | th [θ] | s | sh [ʃ] | h | |
| voiced | v | z | |||||
| Approximant | w | l | y [j] | ||||
| Tap | r [ɾ] | ||||||
Vowels
Hen Linge has 8 phonetically distinct vowels:
| Front | Mid | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | y [ɨ] | u |
| Mid | ei [e], e [ɛ],ö [ø] | o | |
| Open | a |
Diphthongs
Hen Linge has the dipthongs ai, ie, io, and öi [øy]. The former diphthong ei is now simply [e] and contrasts with plain e [ɛ].